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Race and Death Row. This discussion focuses on topics addressed in several chapters of your text – the death penalty and discrimination. Although first discussed in Chapter 2, the death penalty is also discussed in Chapter 4. Rather than thinking in rigid terms about reading assignments, please use your textbook as a resource. After reading the text and watching the video, Injustice for Blacks in Alabama, respond to each of the following questions:

1. Question : The _________ is believed to report about three times more crime than the __________.

2. Question : Judd is hungry. He sees a candy bar in a store, so he steals it. What theory of crime does his action most exemplify?

3. Question : Which of the following is not an example of learning theory?

4. Question : A researcher is embedded in a deployed military unit for several months to study criminal behavior during wartime. What kind of research method is this?

Final Paper Preparation. To prepare for your Final Paper (due in Week Five), complete the following assignment and submit it to your instructor for feedback. Your paper should include a problem statement, outline, and annotated bibliography.

1. Question : With which statement would the author agree?

2. Question : Which criminals, according to studies reported in the text, are most likely to be caught and punished harshly?

3. Question : Social stratification refers to

4. Question : Researchers assert that white-collar crime “leaders” are most often ____________.

Myths and Reality of Crime. As we learn in the video, Crimes of the Powerful, our justice system tends to focus on street crime, often ignoring much more significant problems such as white-collar, corporate, and state crime. The video also discusses euthanasia, although the point of this reference is to illustrate how the law can be used as a tool for social change.

Child or Adult? Determining whether to try a child in the juvenile or the criminal justice system will have an impact on every step of his or her experience. Although the exact laws and practices of the systems vary from state to state, broad underlying beliefs differentiate the two systems. While the juvenile system is often thought to be more lenient in its punishments, there are often stricter regulations throughout the process.

Relationships in Prison. Women’s relationships in prison commonly fulfill an emotional need. They are different from men’s sexual relationships in prison in that they are less likely to involve coercion or be motivated by power and status grabs. In addition to romantic relationships, female inmates are also likely to form prison families with roles that mimic mothers, sisters, and even grandmothers. For many inmates, their prison family is the first positive female role modeling they have encountered.

1. Question : Data on juvenile crime indicates ____________.

2. Question : Why is the data presented by the author not necessarily an accurate reflection of who actually commits delinquency?

3. Question : Statistics suggest that, in the United States, violent crime is __________ and property crime is __________.

4. Question : In 2010, the number of American juveniles between the ages of 0 and 17 in the general population, listed by race from most to least, was ____________.

Honor Killings. After reading the articles, Are honor killings simply domestic violence? and ‘Honour’ crimes are domestic abuse, plain and simple, please respond to each of the following questions:

a. Are honor killings simply domestic violence?

b. What similarities do honor killings have with other forms of interpersonal crime? What differences do they exhibit?

Hate Groups and Hate Crime. Please view the video, Inside USA – Rise of hate, Part 1, or read the article, Number of U.S. hate groups is rising, report says, in preparation for this discussion.

Were you aware of the number and range of recognized hate groups in these states? This video helps us learn about hate groups in the United States. In addition, please visit the Teaching Tolerance website and view the Hate Map. Please review the maps for the state in which you live, or a state of your choice. Respond to each of the following questions:

1. Question : All of the following are correlates with child abuse except ____________.

2. Question : Sally pays her utility bill using someone else’s credit information. What is the best description of her activity?

3. Question : Which of the following is true about parent abuse?

School Shootings. As we learn in the readings, media reports of school crime tend to create misconceptions of a danger that is actually quite small for the overwhelming majority of school users. In fact, given the number of students, teachers, and other personnel in schools on any given day, it is quite astounding how few violent episodes there are. To track violence in schools, read the US Department of Justice and US Department of Education report, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011. After reading the report, please address each of the following:

Privatization. After reading the two articles addressing privatization, Arizona’s private prisons: A bad bargain and The case for privatizing California’s prisons, respond to each of the following questions:

a. In your opinion, what groups of people benefit most when the prison system is capitalized? What groups or people benefit least?

b. In your informed opinion, are private prisons a bargain? Why or why not? Has the general public reached the same conclusion? Why or why not?

Focus of the Final Paper

Select and then define a significant issue faced by the justice system, describe the scope and consequences of the issue, and discuss society’s responses to the issue (including public policies and other less formal responses). Papers should also present a clearly reasoned alternative, supported by scholarly research.